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CIRCULARS ISSUED TO DIVISION SUPERINTENDENTS AND TEACHERS, OCTOBER 1, 1902, TO OCTOBER 1, 1903. Circular to Division Superintendents, No. 32, Series 1902—Provisions of Act 477. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, Attached hereto is a copy of Act 477, making important changes in the school law of these islands; this act goes into effect on November 1, 1902. Among the provisions to be noted especially is section 3 (o), on the last page of the act, providing that the office and storehouse of the division superintendent must be furnished by the province to which the division superintendent is assigned. There will be no authority for payment of these expenses by this office after the 1st of November, and arrangements should be made at once with the provincial authorities. Act 232, providing for deputy division superintendents, is repealed by this Act No. 477, and hence there will be no deputy division superintendents after the 31st of October. The number of divisions will be 32, and only a certain number of the present deputy division superintendents can be appointed. This in no manner indicates that they are not worthy of appointment. Each deputy who is not appointed as division superintendent is to be assigned to duty as a teacher, either in elementary or provincial schools, by the division superintendent in charge of the new division within which each is stationed. The provision for night schools contained in section 3 (I) provides for an average attendance of 15 or over, with certain restrictions as to reestablishment of night schools in case of discontinuance on account of small attendance. Section 6 provides for a clerk for each division superintendent at a specified sum. Details as to nomination, examination, etc., are being arranged, and a special letter will be sent on this point and in reference to night schools in a few days. Attention is called to the provision in section 9, that the division superintendent shall maintain his residence and keep his office in the town in which the provincial school is established. In divisions which are divided by the present act the original division superintendent will make up his property account for the entire division, to include the 31st of October, and will turn over, by proper invoices, to the new division superintendents the public property within the limits of the new divisions, taking the receipts of the new division superintendents for such transfer and submitting same as vouchers on the quarterly property returns to the auditor. He will thenceforward account only for the property in his own division. FRED W. ATKINSON, Circular to Division Superintendents, No. 33, Series 1902-Night schools. BUREAU OF EDUCATION, Manila, October 21, 1902. Act 477 provides that from November 1, 1902, the general superintendent of education shall have authority to establish night schools, but no night-school class shall be maintained at the expense of the city of Manila or the insular government in which the average nightly attendance in each school month under each teacher is not at least 15 pupils over the age of 14 years. If it is found at the end of any month that the average nightly attendance of any class has been less than 15, such class shall be discontinued. The teacher of such class shall, however, be entitled to pay for each night of actual teaching during the month, even if the average attendance has been less than 15, but no class discontinued for lack of required attendance shall again be organized except with the consent of the division superintendent and unless at least 25 pupils shall have been enrolled and shall have signified their intention of becoming regular members of the class. Teachers of night-school classes shall be paid only for nights of actual teaching." The pay for night school teaching is $1.50 United States currency per night, school to be taught one and one-half hours per night, and payment will be made for only three nights per week, or thirteen nights per month. The number of night schools shall not exceed 500, which are apportioned among the new divisions on the basis of two-thirds the entire number of teachers within the division (counting division superintendent and all American teachers). Monthly reports of nights taught, with enrollment and attendance, will be prepared and signed by the teacher, and forwarded to division superintendent for review and approval, who in turn shall approve same by his signature and forward it to this office for payment. To save clerical labor and to insure complete records in offices of division superintendents, these reports should be required to be made in duplicate, the division superintendent retaining one copy and forwarding the other. No disbanded night school shall be recognized until the consent of the division superintendent has been obtained, he basing his action upon the strict provisions of Act 477. The division superintendent has full control of night schools within his division, to the number hereby authorized, his certificate being reviewed by this office in the adjustment of accounts. Clerks.-Section 6, in Act 477, provides for clerical assistance for division superintendents. By decision of the executive secretary, the clerks provided for by this act are to be appointed under the rules of the civil-service board, If persons who are desired for appointment are already in the classified service, the transfer of a definite person may be requested. In other cases, the requisition for clerk should state definitely the salary authorized, the sex, and qualifications of the clerk desired, stating whether the knowledge of Spanish, stenography, typewriting, or other specialties is imperative. The general superintendent will forward this requisition, on a proper blank, to the civil-service board, which will certify the three persons highest on the register for that grade, any one of whom may be appointed. It is probable that considerable delay will occur before persons possessing the desired qualifications can be obtained, as good clerical help is in great demand. If former clerks to division superintendents desire to take civil-service examinations, approval will be given by this office. No assurance, however, can be given that they will be among those certified for appointment to division superintendents, unless they secure standing at the head of the register and other events cooperate. FRED W. ATKINSON, General Superintendent. Circular to New Division Superintendents, No. 34, Series 1902. · DIVISION SUPERINTENDENT. BUREAU OF EDUCATION, DEAR SIR: In accordance with the provisions of Act 477, you have been appointed as division superintendent of schools for the division, including the provinces of at a salary of $ per annum. This appointment has been approved by the secretary of public instruction, and takes effect on November 1, 1902. You will immediately enter upon the discharge of your duties as such division superintendent, and will consummate such transfers of public school property to or from yourself as may be necessary and requisite to carry out the provisions of said Act 477. Very truly, yours, |